US now using several hotel chains to detain migrant children

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

US now using several hotel chains to detain migrant children
NOMAAN MERCHANT
, Associated Press
Aug. 28, 2020
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 9:38 p.m.

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government has detained children at several major hotel chains — more than previously known — during the coronavirus pandemic instead of transferring them to government-funded shelters, according to new data released Friday.

Since March, the Trump administration has used hotels to hold at least 660 children, most unaccompanied by a parent, before expelling them to their countries of origin. The administration said it cannot allow children to stay in the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic, though opponents of U.S. immigration policy contend that the pandemic is being used as a pretext to deny access to asylum or other protections in federal law.

The hotels don't provide the same schooling, legal services, and counseling as shelters, and allegations of mistreatment have already emerged. A Haitian family said contractors at one border hotel told them to feed ice to their 1-year-old daughter in case their temperatures were checked as a screening for COVID-19. Immigration authorities denied the use of ice to circumvent screening measures.

Three Hampton Inn & Suites hotels in Phoenix and two Texas cities, El Paso and McAllen, comprise the majority of the stays up to the end of July, according to the data published Friday in federal court filings. After the Associated Press first reported the three Hampton Inns were detention sites, Hilton said it expected all of its properties “to reject business that would use a hotel in this way.” Hilton owns the Hampton Inn brand, though the three properties are franchises.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/US-now-using-several-hotel-chains-to-detain-15523457.php

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R for exposure.

[NurseJackie]

2. No Trump hotels available?

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Local zoning violations?

Extended stay converted, third party payers, no longer retail operations, adult in every room, violations of certificate of occupancy, intended use discrepancies, use outside franchisee contract? There's a lot to explore there I would suspect.

[JudyM]

4. Kicking

[niyad]

5. Sickened KNR

[ancianita]

6. If the AP reports "several," and only one is named, what are the others?

Okay, I found them. Nevermind. So it's Hilton, which owns Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites, Embassy Suites and Doubletree.


Marriott International Inc., which owns Courtyard Inn, TownePlace Suites,
Choice Hotels International Inc., which owns Comfort Suites.

[Marthe48]

7. Just makes it easier for human traffickers

I seriously doubt anyone in impeached traitor's crime organization has the minor children's best interests in mind.

[ancianita]

8. IF AMERICA DEPORTS CHILDREN, AND AMERICAN HOTEL CHAINS HELP THEM, AMERICA IS A FAILED STATE.

ALL the CEO's below should be charged with aiding and abetting human rights abuse.
Even if it's "legal" deportation. They're children, ffs!!

Hilton, which owns
Hampton Inn,
Homewood Suites,
Embassy Suites and
Doubletree.
Jonathan D. Gray​ (chairman)
Christopher J. Nassetta​ (president and CEO)


Marriott International Inc., which owns
Courtyard Inn,
TownePlace Suites
Bill Marriott
(executive chairman)
Arne Sorenson
(president and CEO)


Choice Hotels International Inc., which owns
Comfort Suites.
Pat Pacious (president and​ CEO)
Stewart W. Bainum Jr.​ (chairman)
Dom Dragisich (CFO)

The christo-fascist Right cares not about innocent life. They LIE.

[marble falls]

9. It just keeps getting worse. Nov 3.